Pig farming · Minnesota

Holden Farms, Inc.

Name: Holden Farms, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Northfield, MN · ~232 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 7.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Holden Farms, Inc. runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pig farming workplace, earning a grade D.

Holden Farms, Inc.: 7.7 TCR = 171% of Pig farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Holden Farms, Inc. safety composite

Holden Farms, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 7.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−1.2

2020→2021

Holden Farms, Inc. injury rate improved

Holden Farms, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.2 from 8.3 in 2020 to 7.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=8.3 · 2021=7.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112210 · Northfield, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 7.7 · 171% of ind

DART 2.0 DART
RANK #14/27
PHOTO LDC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 38 inj
SIZE ~232 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LDC (0.0 TCR gap)

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7.7
LDC

7.7
Double D

7.7
Deer Run

7.7
Pipestone Repa

7.7

What this shows Holden Farms, Inc. averages 7.7 TCR (171% of the Pig farming BLS benchmark).

Holden Farms, Inc. TCR series: 2020=8.3 · 2021=7.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Holden Farms, Inc. falls in its industry

280 Pig farming establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 27 Pig farming employers in Minnesota.

Holden Farms, Inc. (232 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 26 employees and a TCR of 7.7

Holden Farms, Inc. has more employees than the Pig farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.7. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year	TCR	DART	Injuries	Illnesses	Fatalities
2021	7.1	2.0	18	0	0
2020	8.3	3.2	20	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112210 · MN · Northfield

280 Pig farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 66 employers in Northfield, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	LDC	ATKINSON, NE	7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Double D	HUMPHREY, NE	7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Deer Run	HUNTSVILLE, IL	7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pipestone Repairs and Maintenance	PIPESTONE, MN	7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Maplewood Toyota	MAPLEWOOD	232 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Jostens, Inc. Minneapolis	MINNEAPOLIS	232 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Independent School District 294	HOUSTON	232 FTE
STATE-SIZE	0320 ST PAUL COMO CLINIC	ST PAUL	232 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Olaf College	Northfield	1,917 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Carleton College	Northfield	1,598 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Campbell Mill Northfield MN	Northfield	627 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Northfield Hospital + Clinics- Campus	Northfield	620 FTE
NAT-TCR	Gilley Wood, Inc	Redwood Valley, CA	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Triton Trailers	Hartford, WI	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Andrews Distributing- Corpus Christi Facility	Corpus Christi, TX	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Burgess Concrete Construction, Inc	Moline, MI	7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Heska Corporation	Loveland, CO	232 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Woeber Mustard	Springfield, OH	232 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tozour Energy Services	King of Prussia, PA	232 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Shenandoah Main Production and Office Facility	Shenandoah, PA	232 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.